Idaho Bills

Appropriates an additional $5,500,000 from the Administration and Accounting Services Fund to the Department of Administration for fiscal year 2018.

Appropriates $12,303,000 to the Department of Administration for the Bond Payment Program for fiscal year 2018.

This is the FY 2018 appropriation to the Department of Administration for the Bond Payment Program in the amount of $12,303,000. The Bond Payment Program consolidates payment of the state's bonded indebtedness for the construction of buildings. There are 13 buildings paid for with bonds included in this appropriation.

Appropriates $22,422,800 to the Department of Administration for fiscal year 2018; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 140; provides a dedicated fund cash transfer; directs the health insurance plan for state employees; and provides legislative intent for use of funds for a specific purpose.

This is the FY 2018 appropriation to the Department of Administration in the amount of $22,422,800 with full-time equivalent positions capped at 140. It includes $115,400 for the increased cost of benefits, $9,000 in inflationary adjustments, $65,400 for replacement items, $28,600 for statewide cost allocation, $255,300 for an ongoing 3% merit-based increase in employee compensation for permanent employees, and $100 for cybersecurity insurance. This bill also provides funding for nine items: Line item 1 provides funding for procurement training, line item2provides$1,000,000fornewofficespacefortheDivisionofPurchasing, lineitem3provides$69,700 for a claims adjudicator in the Office of Risk Management, line item 4 provides $78,900 for an IT security analyst, line item 5 is a shift of $59,100 from operating expenditures to personnel costs that nets to zero to fund a construction field representative in the Division of Public Works, line item 6 provides $49,000 for an email security license, line item 7 provides $99,900 for a licensing IT systems position, line item 8 provides $545,000 for increased firewall capacity, and line item 9 provides $52,600 for a cybersecurity penetration test. Section 4 of this act provides direction to the Office of Group Insurance regarding the state employee health insurance plan. Section 5 of this act provides legislative intent on the specific use of funds for the purchase of new office space for the Division of Purchasing related to line item 2.